“礼”是儒家历来所重视的一个概念,而礼正是儒家所谓的小康之世维持社会秩序的工具。儒家的政治理想是经由小康之世最终实现大同,而要实现小康,就必须恢复礼治。孔子“礼”的思想,就是在周礼的基础上,以及春秋“礼崩乐坏”的现实中发展而来的。其关于法的思想也是有此而来。 “Ceremony ” is a concept that Confucianism always attaches importance to, and Etiquette is precisely what Confucianism means to maintain social order in a well-to-do society. The political ideal of Confucianism is to eventually achieve common prosperity through a well-off society and to achieve a well-to-do society, we must restore rituals. Confucius “Rites ” thinking, is developed on the basis of the Zhou ceremony, as well as the Spring and Autumn “etiquette ”. Its idea of ​​law comes from this point.